Additionally, with a DataGuard physical standby open read-only, you can
copy the datafiles at the OS level and use them as the basis for a hot
backup or a new standby.
Carel-Jan Engel wrote:
> Jacky,
> Why on earth would you take a cold backup these days?
> It is probably not a problem, the only issue I see is you have to
> activate the database after mounting it as a standby database. I have
> never tried it, though, because I cannot see the point of taking a cold
> backup. So, again, why not take a hot backup?
>
> Best regards,
>
> Carel-Jan Engel
[...]
>>
>>I've been asked what the ramifications of doing a cold backup on a
>>physical standby database would be, rather than taking the primary
>>database offline. [...]
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